Grover disease: A reappraisal of histopathological diagnostic criteria in 120 cases

American Journal of Dermatopathology

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 541-549

  Fernández Figueras, María Teresa ^a   Puig, Luis ^b   Cannata, Pablo ^a   Cuatrecases, Miriam ^b   Quer, Ariadna ^a   Ferrándiz, Carlos ^a   Ariza, Aurelio ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI GERMANS TRIAS I PUJOL   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

acantholytic; dermatosis; dyskeratosis; Grover; transient

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; EOSINOPHIL COUNT; ERYTHROCYTE COUNT; EXTRAVASATION; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INCIDENCE; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; TRANSIENT ACANTHOLYTIC DERMATOSIS;

ACANTHOLYSIS; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; ICHTHYOSIS; KERATINOCYTES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARAKERATOSIS; POROKERATOSIS;

EID: 77955174034     PISSN: 01931091     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/DAD.0b013e3181c80cf9     Document Type: Article

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